Gender and women’s studies have formed part of the academic landscape for many years, but while the field is now established enough to have developed in depth and perspectives, there remain many areas of significance yet to be explored–most significantly, much of the work carried out has remained rooted in the Anglo-American context. Those working outside this context are increasingly aware of the need to understand women in different cultural contexts in order to determine whether, to what extent and how representations of women and cultural contexts are interactive and dynamic concepts. The current volume contributes to the growing interest in the field of women and culture in the Hispanic and Lusophone worlds and shows how women writers, researchers, teachers and students have always made waves to counteract the complacency, prejudice and tradition that threatens to ignore or subsume them. The volume draws on literary study–the starting point for much of the early work on gender in Spain, the Lusophone world and Latin America–but also goes beyond it, to discuss women’s interaction not only with literature but also with art, and language itself, in the Hispanic and Lusophone contexts. It acts as a showcase for contemporary scholarship undertaken in Hispanic and Lusophone gender studies, developing earlier insights and forging new ones, to refine the debate continuing in the subject. The contributors include both established scholars with a proven track record and promising newcomers to the field. The volume arises from the individual research projects and sustained discussions of Women in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (WiSPs), an organisation that exists to promote scholarship by and about women in the field of Iberian, Lusophone and Latin American Studies. This volume celebrates the first seven years of WiSPs's life and presents some of the research presented under its auspices at annual conferences and study days.
Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, this book traces the contradictions inherent in revolutionary movements that, while arguing for the rights of all, remained ambivalent, at best, about the place of women. It reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence.
This report examines how pastoral mobility has been impacted by the creation of unnatural boundaries within landscapes and how societies cope with these constraints through legal or informal arrangements. There are many examples from around the world of efforts to facilitate transboundary movements and transboundary ecosystem management by pastoralists.
Does your cool preteen girl love to be creative? or does she need some inspiration and some food for thought to build her self confidence and know her worth? encourage her with a Cool Girls Diary. Introduce her to Milly, KJ and Ru, help her find out why JC is the best of friends and how Milly dealt with Powty Pokr. Inspire her to color in the trendy pictures, write her own diary and be creative herself while getting to know the word of God in a fun and inspiring way. This daily devotional is a story, diary, coloring book, art inspiring, writing skills developing faith builder for girls just coming into those complicated tween times where everything starts to change and rearrange, where friends take on a new role and the path through their bedroom is no longer lined by toys but piles of clothes. The CG's Diary is a wordhopeart project aiming to empower and strengthen girls as a preventative measure to enable them to deal with some of the issues they will face in life. This grey scale edition is a downsized, lower priced version of the full color CG's Diary with the intent of making it more available and easier to purchase additional copies, since it is meant to be a gift to empower girls to live life to the fullest, so anyone with a heart to share this resource can do so more easily. Thank you and be very blessed. Claire from wordhopeart.
Today should be a Golden Age for free speech – with technology providing more ways of communicating ideas and opinions than ever before. Yet we’re actually witnessing a growing wave of restrictions on freedom of thought and expression. In Having Your Say a variety of authors – academics, philosophers, comedians and more – stress the fundamental importance of free speech, one of the cornerstones of classical liberalism. And they provide informed and incisive insights on this worrying trend, which threatens to usher in a new, intolerant and censorious era.
#1 Best Seller on Amazon's Hot New Releases. Helping Cancer to Suck Less: Daily Habits that Helped Incredible Cancer Thrivers Survive and Enjoy Life. 1 Habit To Beat Cancer is a simple, easily digestible book that shares the new habits that inspired these people to overcome their cancer as well as the bad habits they did away with on their journey. This book will teach you ways to overcome stress, feelings of despair, and overwhelm to instead feel determined and empowered to live your greatest life, and oftentimes, it takes JUST 1 HABIT to change your life. In November of 2017, Cort Davies was given just three years to live. He was diagnosed with stage 4 malignant paraganglioma, one of the rarest forms of cancer on the planet. After seven surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, and experimental drugs, he felt like he was at the end of the road but something changed him one night as he laid in a hospital bed. He realized that his prognosis was simply a haunting opinion, and the true cause of his suffering was fear and the stress of the unknowns. Cort vowed to live from a place of love and to release fear, no matter the obstacle. He did so by incorporating new habits into his life that were completely life-changing, many of which he discussed in his October 2019 TedX Talk. From these habits and Cort's experiences, hundreds of people started coming to him for advice on their own journey. He sensed something deeper was to be discovered and noticed a common thread amongst successful cancer thrivers. He found that those who had incorporated a new mindset and practiced fulfilling and empowering daily Habits overcame the greatest odds. They often lived longer, made changes they had always been scared of, found spirituality, and ultimately aligned with whom they were meant to be. Cort's mission is to now share the daily habits of these extraordinary humans, and teach the world how to make cancer suck a lot less.
A study examined occupational and skill change within the retail sector in Europe so that training and development schemes can be put in place. Data were collected in the following ways: compilation of information on the level of employment, skills, and training in the retail sector of European countries; compilation of national data on broad-based business and organizational trends, employment skills, and training data; and case studies of a cross-section of companies and establishments. Some of the major findings were the following: (1) the retail sector across Europe reflects the traditions of each of the nations, with retailing highly developed and structured in the north and less structured in the south; (2) the retail sector will become more homogeneous during the next decade by the creation of the European Union, but employment patterns will remain disparate; (3) part-time work is a factor in much of the retail industry; (4) training takes up 1-3 percent of labor costs, comparable to manufacturing, banking, and insurance industries; (5) most continuing education is company based; (6) advanced technology has been rapidly introduced into the retail industry; (7) greater emphasis is being placed on the development of interpersonal skills for customer service; and (8) more human resources and training personnel are being employed. The study concluded that the European retail sector will probably employ about the same number of people in the year 2000, but in fewer, larger establishments, and with more female employees. More training is expected. (The report contains 36 references and 7 case studies of companies in Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom.) (KC)
Provides varied reading texts for beginner and intermediate students. It includes short stories, longer narratives, biographies, letters and information texts. All are set in Australia and concern Australians and their lives, providing culturally relevant materials.
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